Puente Silva

Photos

Appears in "Chronicle of the American War in Puerto Rico" by Angel Rivero Mendez. Published in 1922.

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

BH Photo #356394

Overview: Pratt pony truss bridge over Rio Guanajibo on PR 114
Location: Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, and Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Status: Closed to all traffic
History: Built 1897; bypassed by new bridge in 1989
Builder: - Jose Maria Sainz y Ramirez of Spain (Design)
Design: Pratt pony truss
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 19, 1995
Approximate latitude, longitude: +18.13928, -67.14577 (decimal degrees)
18°08'21" N, 67°08'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 19/696167/2006583 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Mayaguez
Inventory numbers: NRHP 95000834 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
PR 71 (Puerto Rico bridge number)
BH 47951 (Bridgehunter.com ID)